The biggest ever seizure of the synthetic drug Mephedrone (MD) and the arrest of India’s biggest supplier, Prem Singh, earlier in August by the Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch have hit the MD supply market.

The synthetic drug is barely available in Mumbai and nearby cities. Officials have said recent small cases busted by them have shown that 1 gm of MD, which was sold for just Rs 600–Rs 700, is now being sold at five times the price.